Health and Sport Committee, 18 Jun 2008
Meeting date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Official Report
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Subordinate Legislation
Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/201)<br />Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/215)
Spreadable Fats, Milk and Milk Products (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/216)
Good morning and welcome to the 18th meeting this year of the Health and Sport Committee. I remind all members to ensure that mobile phones and BlackBerrys are switched off. Apologies have been received from Ian McKee, and I welcome to the meeting his substitute, Joe FitzPatrick.
The first item on the agenda is consideration of three Scottish statutory instruments. The first set of regulations excludes certain additives from the requirements of the Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (SSI 2005/608), introduces a requirement for a second analysis by a government chemist in certain circumstances and makes various consequential amendments and revocations. The Subordinate Legislation Committee has drawn the committee's attention to this instrument on the ground that its compliance with section 84(1) of the Agriculture Act 1970 was not outlined in the preamble. Although that breaches normal drafting practice, it does not affect the instrument's validity or operation. The relevant extract from the Subordinate Legislation Committee's report is annexed to members' papers.
The second set of regulations provides for the implementation of European Commission directive 2008/4/EC with regard to feeding stuffs, which permits, subject to specified labelling requirements, two additional types of dietetic feed to be marketed for the reduction of milk fever in dairy cows. The Subordinate Legislation Committee has made no comments on the instrument.
The third set of regulations provides for the implementation of certain provisions of European Council regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. In particular, the regulations set minimum and maximum levels of vitamin A and D that must be found in margarine and implement other restrictions on the marketing, sale and labelling of spreadable fats. The Subordinate Legislation Committee had no comments to make on the instrument.
As no comments have been received from members and no motions to annul have been lodged, are we agreed that the committee does not wish to make any recommendations on these instruments?
Members indicated agreement.
As we are still waiting for our witnesses for item 2, I suggest that, in the interests of speed, we simply move to item 3. Are members agreed?
Members indicated agreement.